Window-casing



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A. B. HOLMES.

WINDOW CASING. No. 349,995. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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ALBERT B. HOLMES, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDOW-CASING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,995, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed April :9, 1886. Serial No. 200,548.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. HoLMEs, of Salem, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Fastenings for \VindowCasings, of which the following is a fall, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of awindowjainb held in position by means of my improved fastening; Fig. 2, a transverse horizontal section through the same; Figs. 3 and 4 views of my fastenings detached; Fig. 5, a modification to be referred to.

To preserve a window-casing in its vertical normal position within the opening intended for it in the wall of the house, and to overcome any tendency of the warping of the same is the object of my present invention, which consists in a tie-plate or tie extending between and for securing each side of the casing to the studding, said tie being preferably of metal and having one or more nails or screws passing through each end, the form and size of the tie being adapted to the size of and position to be occupied by the windowcasing.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

Inthe said drawings, A is the window-casing located in a rectangular opening formed for its reception in the wall of a house.

13 is the upright studdin O is the vertieal passage between the studding and each side of the window-casing, in which the sash-weights are to move.

D are the laths nailed to the studding, and over and upon which the plastering (not shown) is to be laid. A tie-plate, a, preferably of (No model.)

metal, consisting of a simple rectangular strip of iron with a hole, 1), formed near each of its ends, is interposed between and secured to each vertical side of the casing and to the studdin g located at each side thereof, by which means of fastening the window-easing is immovably held in the position or jamb intended for it, and the springingof each side of the casing to or from the contiguous studding, incident to the ordinary method of inserting it without fastenings, is thereby avoided.

In Fig. 4 the tie-plate is represented with a bifurcation at each end and with a hole through each bifurcation for the passage of a nail or screw.

Fig. 5 represents a metal dog, which maybe employed as a substitute for the tie-plate shown in Fig. 3 or that shown in Fig. 4, one leg of said dog being driven into thestudding and the other end or leg into the vertical side of the casing.

It is evident that the application of my in vention obviates the binding or unnecessary play of the window-sash.

I claim-- 1. A device for fastening a window-casing Within its jamb or opening, consisting of a tie, a, extending from and secured to each vertical side of the casing and the studding contiguous thereto, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the (log (t with the window-casing A and the studding B, as and for the purpose described.

\Vitness my hand this 19th day of April, 1880.

ALBERT B. HOLMES.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNs, H. V. STEARNS. 

